Warren Stewart Way (January 19, 1911 – May 5, 1980) was an American

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coach. He was the head coach and a longtime assistant at

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. While at Marshall, Way was named acting head coach in 1969 after head coach Ellis T. Johnson resigned and Marshall was subsequently suspended from the

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due to alleged recruiting violations. A year later he was named the school's full time head coach. Way became the associate head coach at Marshall under

Carl Tacy Carl Tacy (June 18, 1932 – April 2, 2020) was a college basketball coach at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He served as the head coach from 1972 to 1985 and compiled a 222–149 record, the second-most winning record at that time. In ...

in 1971 after Way made the request to athletic director

Joe McMullen Joe H. McMullen (May 9, 1924 – September 9, 1983) was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He serve as the head football coach at Stetson University from 1950 to 1951, Washington & Jefferson College from 1952 ...

. Way would remain the associate head coach at Marshall until 1975 when he retired from coaching. Prior to his tenure at Marshall, Way was the head coach at

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, Scott High School, and Huntington High School in West Virginia. Way died of cancer on May 5, 1980.

Head coaching record

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